The iron abacus came quickly, and after a few simple instructions, Liuhuo rushed to the mine at night under the escort of several Blizzard guards.

The next day, Liuhuo and Hou Wen entered the mountain, leaving Zuo Panyu and Yang Fan to continue to cultivate in the manor.

On the way, Hou Wen always wanted to inquire about the relationship between him and Suzaku, which made Liuhuo very embarrassing.

"Senior brother, don't lie to me, just tell the truth. The ambiguity between you and Suzaku is definitely not a friendship..."

"Don't worry, I'm strict and promise not to talk nonsense..."

Hou Wen's words choked and rolled his eyes, and his heart said that if you are strict-mouthed, there will be no broken mouth in the world.

It's a pity that Hou Wen wasted a long day of spitting, and in the end, he didn't come up with the words of the fire.

After the two entered the mountain, they broke up on a fork in the road.

Hou Wen pointed to the mountain road on the left and said.

"Follow this path until you see a large barracks, and you will find Elder Shi's home. I'll go here and help you do the work of Master Tongxuan..."

After speaking, Hou Wen quickly whipped up his horse and ran in the direction of the library.

Flowing Fire walked on the road for a long time, organizing words as he went, thinking about how to convince Elder Shi. It wasn't until it was almost noon that I saw the barracks in Hou Wen's mouth.

This is a barracks, and it's clearly a castle.

In front of the flowing fire is a huge castle built against a cliff, and the black stone blocks are the main tone of the castle, which is built from the bottom of the cliff to the top, and is more than a dozen stories high.

The castle is densely packed with windows, and you can faintly see the figures moving inside.

Under the castle was a huge clearing, where no less than three or four thousand soldiers were drilling, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

Before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by the soldier on duty, and after the fire hugged his name and intention, a soldier quickly ran towards the castle.

Drifting Fire waited quietly at the checkpoint, and soon a man dressed as an officer galloped from the castle.

"Lord Flowing Fire has been waiting for a long time, Lord Shi is waiting in the inner hall... Please..."

Before speaking, he led the way and took the flowing fire into the castle.

At the gate of the castle, the flowing fire dismounted and entered the city, and there were no maids or subordinates along the way, all of them were soldiers standing guard.

The officer who led the way was surprised to see the flowing fire and explained.

"My lord likes to lead soldiers the most, the whole castle is actually a big military camp, only there are some maids and subordinates in the inner house on the top of the cliff, this time the lord is in the inner house to receive you..."

Flowing Fire walked up the stairs in the castle for a long time to reach the top of the cliff.

When he reached the top of the cliff, he felt a little smoke and fire. The entire cliff platform has been transformed into a huge garden, and countless beautiful houses are hidden in the garden.

The attendant at the entrance of the garden replaced the officer and led the fire deeper into the garden.

After a while, he came to a palace with wind on all sides, and it was Shi Zhongxing, who was tall and had a serious face, standing in the hall.

"I thought you would come to see me first, but I ended up getting close to that mud monkey..."

Shi Zhongxing actually showed a smile on his cold face, which surprised the maids in the hall, but the Shi family was strictly educated, and none of the maids dared to show it.

Liuhuo already knew the relationship between Shi Zhongxing and his master, and quickly knelt on the ground to salute him.

"Uncle Shi is above, and I am worshiped by my nephew..."

Shi Zhongxing picked up the flowing fire and said.

"I don't blame you for this, I know your master's temper, and I must not have mentioned the past to you. But he didn't mention it, I can't forget it..."

Shi Zhongxing let Liuhuo sit beside him, and asked his subordinates to prepare wine and food.

"I'm like a barracks here, you young people don't like to come on weekdays, and you don't have anything good to entertain you, so you can just sit with me..."

Liuhuo looked at the table of wine and food in front of him and was full of emotion. He never expected that one of the elders of the Creation Sect would actually eat no different from ordinary people, a jar of spirits, a few side dishes, and scrambled eggs in the side dishes.

Seeing Shi Zhongxing pouring him wine, Liuhuo hurriedly raised his glass with both hands to show respect. When the wine glass was full, Liuhuo hurriedly took over the wine jar and poured wine for Uncle Shi. One side down, one side also said.

"Uncle Shi knows me. I was born as an orphan, and my master adopted me when I was 10 years old, and I have been used to it since I was a child.

The words of the fire made Shi Zhongxing very satisfied.

"The senior brother will educate the children, knowing that wealth and arrogance will not make you too comfortable, and it is also for your good. By the way, I heard that Liu Lao didn't give you a magic weapon at all? Is it true?"

Seeing Uncle Shi asking, Liuhuo hurriedly introduced his cultivation method briefly. After listening to the introduction of the flowing fire, Shi Zhongxing slapped his thigh.

"Eh, why didn't Senior Brother tell me earlier, I knew that I had trained Shi Meng like this, it's too late now, I missed the golden time of my childhood..."

Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the old and the young chatted very speculatively.

When the atmosphere was at its warmest, Shi Zhongxing suddenly asked Liuhuo.

"I didn't come here for no reason, did I?

Uncle Shi's question was quite sudden, but fortunately Liuhuo was prepared, and hurriedly calmed down and opened his mouth to introduce the situation of this mission.

Liuhuo said in detail, and there was nothing missing in the whole process, including the fact that the red dragon hired the poisonous knife Liu and the official road were attacked.

The only thing that wasn't mentioned was Liuhuo's speculation about who was behind the scenes, and Zuo Panyu's secret formation of the Tongmasons.

Shi Zhongxing listened very carefully, interrupting the flow of fire from time to time and asking for some details in detail. After the introduction of the flowing fire, Shi Zhongxing did not speak for a long time and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Shi Zhongxing spoke.

"I've been leading troops outside all these years, and I've heard some things about the inner door, but I didn't expect the problem to be so serious..."

"The power has reached the point of lawlessness..."

After speaking, Shi Zhongxing stood up irritably and paced back and forth in the hall.

After a while, Shi Zhongxing suddenly stood in front of the flowing fire and asked coldly.

"You've been wronged, so you want to stand on your own and pull a team?"

The cold tone was in stark contrast to the spring breeze just now, and Liuhuo stood up involuntarily by these words.

Shi Zhongxing put a lot of pressure on him, and the slightest cold sweat seeped out of his sideburns.

Liuhuo and Shi Zhongxing looked at each other like this, and the atmosphere became more and more solemn.

After a while, Liuhuo secretly competed in his heart, gritted his teeth, and popped out a few hard words from his mouth.

"Yes. I want to be self-reliant, because I can't get used to it..."

The firm words of the fire smashed like stones into the inner sanctum. As soon as this sentence came out, he couldn't take it anymore, he wanted to confide, he wanted to complain, he wanted to vent his grievances.

"Do you know what kind of life the people on both sides of the river live? Do you know that they have endured more than 50 years of suffering?"

"What do you get in exchange for the barren farmland and the dispersion of wives? a filthy shack, a buckle for the officials, a whip for the overseer..."

"They are struggling to live in the mud, and their lives are like mustard. Yes, they are grassroots, grassroots among mortals..."

"Have you ever seen the tears in their eyes when they hold a bowl of white rice in their hands..."

"Have you ever seen the smiles on their faces as they hug their new quilts..."

"Have you ever seen them work hard to thank for this simple meal?"

"They worked day and night, whether it was windy or snowy, and they lit torches to collect jade in the mines..."

"There are countless people who don't go back to rest until they are exhausted..."

"Why are they? Why are they so desperate..."

"I'll tell you why. They worked hard to thank me for that little bit of kindness, for that full meal, for a cotton coat..."

"Because, I gave them, just a little bit of dignity... the dignity of being a human being..."

"The miracle of this month in the water jade mine is what they created, and the output has quadrupled... It's a miracle for the grassroots..."

"What about the Awakened? Why is Poison Knife Liu a thief? Those Awakened Ones who assassinated me and died, whose hands did they die in?"

"Is it me? No, they died in a conspiracy, and their lives were just a few magic weapons that could be exchanged..."

"They are also grassroots, grassroots of the Awakened, and their humble lives don't even deserve to be remembered..."

"They are prostrate at the feet of the nobles of the high gate, just hoping that their cultivation path can go a little further..."

"This is the current Creation Gate, this is the current Awakened One, this is everything that I can't get used to now..."

"You say I want to build a mountain, why can't I build a mountain..."

"You said I wanted to pull the team, why can't I pull the team..."

"I don't believe that the sky of the Creation Gate will always be so cloudy, even if I die, I will pierce this dark cloud..."

"Even if it's just a glimmer of sunshine, that's enough..."

The words of the fire had turned into shouting until he had exhausted the last breath of air in his lungs.

The maids of the whole hall were stunned by Liuhuo's remarks, and they looked at Liuhuo in a daze, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

Shi Zhongxing was also dizzy by the words of the flowing fire. Looking at the whistling and panting fire, my heart turned up and down.

After a while, Shi Zhongxing actually laughed and slapped the fire fiercely.

"Stinky boy, worthy of being Senior Brother Liu's apprentice, this temper is the same virtue as him..."

Looking at Shi Zhongxing who was smiling, Liuhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and sighed secretly.

"The aura of the Great Master is so powerful, I'm about to collapse"

Shi Zhongxing pressed the flowing fire to the chair and drank a large glass of wine to himself.

"You kid has pride and dares to take responsibility. I'm also afraid that you will be too selfish and follow in the footsteps of those fools, so that's why I asked this question..."

"Elder Liu is not wrong about you, I am glad for my senior brother"

"I support you in the matter of the water jade mine, those fucking gentlemen are still grabbing territory, why didn't my eldest nephew, the day after tomorrow the Senate will deliberate, you will choose the day to hand in the task..."

Shi Zhongxing's promise made Liuhuo's heart reassured, and he drank a full meal of wine until dark.